This blog is essentially my online Curriculum Vitae. My stories have mostly appeared in Canadian magazines.

Oct 04, 2011

Tracking the Mountain Pine Beetle epidemic for Canadian Geographic

Andrew Nikiforuk is perhaps the most spine-tingling author that I read with any regularity. Not because he writes thrillers, but rather because he explores the staggering frontiers upon which Canada's future is being shaped. For the October issue of Canadian Geographic, I reviewed his excellent new book, Empire of the Beetle, which argues that beetles aren't the pest destroying our forests, we are. Yikes.